Food Truck Builder for Northern Colorado

Food Truck Builder for Northern Colorado: Longmont, Loveland, Greeley, and the North Metro

Mile High Food Trucks builds custom food trucks, trailers, and mobile kitchens in Denver and delivers across the entire Northern Colorado corridor. Longmont, Loveland, Greeley, Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton, and every town along the I-25 and US-36 corridors are all within an easy same-day delivery run from our shop.

The Northern Colorado food truck market

Northern Colorado has quietly become one of the stronger food truck markets along the Front Range. The region has the population density to support daily route work, the brewery and taproom culture to generate patio partnerships, and an event calendar deep enough to fill weekends from April through October.

Longmont

Longmont’s downtown has transformed over the past decade into a brewery and restaurant hub with strong foot traffic. The city’s food truck scene benefits from partnerships with breweries like Wibby, Left Hand, and 300 Suns, all of which host food trucks on their patios regularly. The Longmont Farmers Market runs Saturday mornings through the summer, and the city’s parks and rec department hosts food-truck-friendly events throughout the warm months. Population is around 105,000 and growing, with a median household income that supports regular restaurant and food truck spending.

Loveland

Loveland sits at the intersection of I-25 and US-34, which makes it a natural stop for trucks running the Fort Collins to Denver corridor. The city has a growing downtown arts district with restaurants and galleries that welcome food truck events. The Larimer County Fair and Rodeo is one of the bigger annual events in the region, and the summer concert series at Foundry Plaza books food trucks regularly. Loveland is also the gateway to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, which means seasonal tourist traffic that spills into the food truck market from May through September.

Greeley

Greeley is the largest city in Weld County (about 115,000 people) and home to the University of Northern Colorado. UNC’s campus population creates a built-in lunch crowd during the school year. The Greeley Stampede is a two-week rodeo and festival that draws 250,000+ visitors every late June and early July, and it is one of the highest-grossing food vendor events in Northern Colorado. Outside of Stampede, Greeley’s downtown revitalization and growing craft beer scene have opened up more regular food truck spots than the city had five years ago.

North metro: Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton

The north Denver metro suburbs have large residential populations with limited food truck saturation. Office parks and tech campuses in Broomfield and Westminster support weekday lunch routes. Thornton and Northglenn have growing event calendars and farmers market series. These cities are close enough to Denver that trucks can split their week between metro routes and Northern Colorado events without running up excessive mileage.

Build specs for Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado operates at roughly the same altitude as Denver (5,000 to 5,500 feet for most cities, higher toward Loveland and Estes Park), which means the same altitude-derated generator sizing and high-altitude propane orifice adjustments apply. Winter conditions along the northern Front Range are slightly colder than Denver, with more wind exposure as you move north toward the Wyoming border. We spec every Northern Colorado build with heated water lines, insulated walls, and a propane cabin heater as standard.

For operators who plan to split time between Northern Colorado and the Cheyenne or Wyoming markets, we recommend the full Wyoming wind package: heavy-duty service window arms and reinforced roof venting. It is better to have those features and not need them than to get caught in a Cheyenne wind event with lightweight hardware.

Delivery and shop visits

Every Northern Colorado delivery is same-day from our Denver shop. Longmont is about 35 miles, Loveland about 55, Greeley about 55. The truck arrives with the generator broken in, propane system tested, and the full cookline fired before you take delivery.

Because the drive is short, most of our Northern Colorado customers visit the shop at least once during the build. We encourage it. Seeing the truck at the framing stage helps you confirm the layout before the walls go up, which is a lot cheaper than changing your mind after the plumbing is already in.

Other markets we serve

In addition to the Northern Colorado corridor, we build and deliver for Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Estes Park, and the Wyoming cities of Cheyenne, Casper, and Gillette.

Get started

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City by City: Events, Markets, and What Makes Each One Different

Longmont

Longmont has quietly become one of the best small-city food truck markets on the Front Range. The craft brewery density along Main Street and the Boston Avenue corridor rivals Fort Collins per capita, and most of those breweries actively recruit food trucks rather than running their own kitchens. Left Hand Brewing, Wibby Brewing, and 300 Suns are regular truck hosts. The Longmont Farmers Market runs Saturdays from April through November at Boulder County Fairgrounds and consistently draws 3,000 to 5,000 visitors per week. Rhythm on the River at Roger’s Grove is a free summer concert series that pairs well with a truck setup. Boulder County health department oversees Longmont, so if you already hold a Boulder County license, you’re covered here with no additional permitting.

Loveland

Loveland’s food truck opportunity breaks into two seasons. Summer brings the usual festival and brewery circuit: Sculpture in the Park in August draws 10,000+ attendees over a weekend, and the Larimer County Fair at The Ranch Events Complex is a multi-day high-volume event. But the real differentiator is the Valentine’s Day tourism surge. Loveland processes hundreds of thousands of valentines through its post office every February, and the downtown shops and event venues fill up. A food truck working downtown Loveland during Valentine’s week can do event-level numbers on a random Tuesday. Loveland falls under Larimer County health, same jurisdiction as Fort Collins and Estes Park, so one license covers all three cities.

Greeley

Greeley is anchored by two things: the University of Northern Colorado (11,000 students) and the Greeley Stampede. The Stampede runs for nearly two weeks around the Fourth of July and draws over 250,000 visitors. It’s one of the largest outdoor rodeo and festival events in Colorado, and food vendors are a core part of the experience. Outside of Stampede season, UNC campus events and the downtown Friday Fest series (live music and food trucks, June through August) provide steady recurring spots. Greeley is Weld County jurisdiction for health permits, which is separate from both Boulder County and Larimer County. If you plan to operate in both Greeley and Longmont, you’ll need two county licenses.

Broomfield

Broomfield is its own city and county combined, which simplifies permitting but means yet another jurisdiction if you’re collecting counties. Broomfield Days in September is the big annual event: carnival, live music, 20,000+ attendees over a weekend. Day to day, Broomfield’s food truck market is driven by the office parks along Highway 36 between Boulder and Denver. The FlatIron Crossing area and the Interlocken business park have a large weekday lunch population with limited walkable restaurant options. A truck running a Tuesday-through-Thursday lunch route in the Interlocken area can build a loyal following fast.

Westminster and Thornton

These north metro cities share a similar profile: residential suburbs with growing populations, new development areas, and fewer established food truck scenes than the cities further north. That’s actually the opportunity. Westminster’s Orchard Town Center and the redeveloped downtown area around Westminster Station are attracting new restaurants and retail, and food trucks fill the gaps before brick-and-mortar catches up. Thornton’s Carpenter Park concert series and community events at Trail Winds are growing. Both cities fall under the Northeast Health Department (formerly Tri-County Health), and permits from that jurisdiction also cover Commerce City and several other north metro communities.